[Notice] Log4j Core Affected by Apache Log4j Vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

[Notice] Log4j Core Affected by Apache Log4j Vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

AhnLab recommends security updates for Apache Log4j vulnerability. Apache Log4j Vulnerability Information Vulnerability Vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228, CVSS 10.0) that the attacker can remote code execute via a log message in Log4j 2.x version [1] Vulnerability (CVE-2021-45046, CVSS 3.7) in Log4j 2.x version that allows the attacker to cause Denied of Service

North Korea-related Malicious Document Files Using CVE-2021-40444 Vulnerability

North Korea-related Malicious Document Files Using CVE-2021-40444 Vulnerability

The ASEC analysis team has recently discovered the distribution of malicious files that include a new vulnerability CVE-2021-40444 which was revealed by Microsoft in September. It is noteworthy that the confirmed document files are all North Korea-related materials. North Korea-related malicious files have been evolving in new ways since the past. Seeing

RTF Malware Disguised as a Cover Letter for a Particular Airline

RTF Malware Disguised as a Cover Letter for a Particular Airline

In early October, the ASEC analysis team has discovered an RTF file-based malware disguised as a cover letter for a particular airline. This is not a type of document file format that appears often as other document-type malware (Word, Excel, etc.), and RTF malware disguised as a particular document hasn’t

Forensic Analysis of Breaches that Used Cobalt Strike and MS Exchange Server Vulnerability

Forensic Analysis of Breaches that Used Cobalt Strike and MS Exchange Server Vulnerability

The ASEC analysis team is consistently monitoring the activities of Cobalt Strike, one of the trending cybersecurity issues that were discussed in previous blog posts regarding its distribution to Korean companies. (The link to a previous blog post can be found at the bottom of this post.) While monitoring Cobalt